Well, everything is surviving outside so far! The marigolds have teensy little flower buds already All four of our lilac bushes survived their first winter and have tons of flower buds And our wild rose bush is blooming away! If you garden, how is it going? Otherwise, have you seen any lovely spring/early summer flowers… Continue reading Garden Report
It is coming right along! This really is just beautiful yarn, and I’m enjoying knitting it up 🙂
If you have ever looked at some plain knitted fabric and thought “this needs livening up”, look no further than Embroidery On Knitting. After a brief introduction with some tips on choosing appropriate yarn to embroider with and some tips for the best types of knitted fabric to embroider on, the book takes off into… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Embroidery On Knitting
Well, most of my seedlings survived to be planted outside this week! I was hoping to get them out sooner, but it was in the 40’s at night up until recently, and they are still pretty tiny baby plants. We don’t have the dramatic flowers right away or the mature plants that we would have… Continue reading Plant Update
First sleeve is done! I did a little trying and ripping back – maybe twice with the first two pattern repeats, then I got it to look the way I wanted. Very happy with it! I figured out a few visual tricks to make the webbing look a little like it was narrowing toward the… Continue reading Arachne Update: Sleeve Edition
I just got a Tigress sock kit from Urth yarns, which I’m pretty jazzed about. Partially because it knits up self-striping tiger stripes. And partially because for each kit (or any of their yarns) you buy from them, they fund planting a tree in partnership with Trees for the Future. Check out their Story section… Continue reading Not Entirely Frivolous Stash Enhancement
I didn’t get a lot of knitting time in today, but at least I got a little start on my Pride socks for our Blogville KAL. I did say not much of a start. Oh well, with focusing on just these and Arachne I should hopefully be able to get them done this month. The… Continue reading Pride Sock KAL Start
A couple weeks ago, I saw this yarn from Old Crow ArtYarns on Etsy: I love What We Do In the Shadows, and it’s pretty yarn, so I bought it. Then when it showed up, I thought it would be cool to use for something with a bat pattern. So I found this cowl pattern… Continue reading Cool Idea Sadly Gone Wrong
For anybody that is or was a member of Bluprint (previously Craftsy), they are shutting down. If you have credits with them, you need to use them up by May 31st. If you have purchased classes from them, they are working on a way to let people download their classes. They are posting info on… Continue reading Bluprint/Craftsy News
Quite A Yarn 